Comments on: Reach Out And Touch Someone http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/ So obsessed with climbing it hurts... Thu, 24 May 2012 11:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sock hands http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3322 sock hands Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:27:05 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3322 i thought the video this footage came from [uncommon ground] specifically calls it v9. i recall taking that mental note when logging it in my lifetime must-do registry. grades are like fly poles: anyone can go up or down a line-weight from the number posted without much issue. i thought the video this footage came from [uncommon ground] specifically calls it v9. i recall taking that mental note when logging it in my lifetime must-do registry. grades are like fly poles: anyone can go up or down a line-weight from the number posted without much issue.

]]> By: Narc http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3319 Narc Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:04:43 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3319 I believe I referenced the problem being V8. Apparently done in error so I just removed it from the post. Not really important to the discussion. I believe I referenced the problem being V8. Apparently done in error so I just removed it from the post. Not really important to the discussion.

]]> By: peter http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3318 peter Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:52:55 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3318 I just guessed at the rating. I'd assume that v8 and v10 feel quite similar to Mr. Graham... I just guessed at the rating. I’d assume that v8 and v10 feel quite similar to Mr. Graham…

]]> By: jonah http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3313 jonah Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:19:56 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3313 first this problem is most certainly v10. no one has ever called it v8 and while im not positive it hasnt been glued i have looked at all the holds hundreds of times and would say that it is not. while not justifying the obvious spotter dab this problem has a very bad and dangerous landing and you need to be pushed away from the boulder. first this problem is most certainly v10. no one has ever called it v8 and while im not positive it hasnt been glued i have looked at all the holds hundreds of times and would say that it is not. while not justifying the obvious spotter dab this problem has a very bad and dangerous landing and you need to be pushed away from the boulder.

]]> By: Rhoads http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3289 Rhoads Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:54:45 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3289 C'mon people, this isn't Nam, there are rules. Any physical contact besides a climber and a rock is a DAB. Even the faintest assist on the shirt could have helped the climber send, especially with tiny crimps. If the landing is "heinous" well, the climber better get ready to take a digger, because this ain't bowling, it's rock climbing. Dabby, dab, dab-a-roo! Regarding this particular climb, with this particular climber I really couldn't care less but this is a slippery slope. C’mon people, this isn’t Nam, there are rules. Any physical contact besides a climber and a rock is a DAB. Even the faintest assist on the shirt could have helped the climber send, especially with tiny crimps. If the landing is “heinous” well, the climber better get ready to take a digger, because this ain’t bowling, it’s rock climbing.
Dabby, dab, dab-a-roo!
Regarding this particular climb, with this particular climber I really couldn’t care less but this is a slippery slope.

]]> By: Adam Morgan http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Adam Morgan Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:08:17 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3287 my buddy and i noticed this a couple years ago (video is oldish) and were both pointing at the screen saying DAB!!! lol my buddy and i noticed this a couple years ago (video is oldish) and were both pointing at the screen saying DAB!!! lol

]]> By: Julian http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3285 Julian Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:03:33 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3285 **it seems like a eastern thing to spot so damn closely or with “no weight” but hands touching back, etc. also, doods do this w/ their girlfriends. in any event, it frustrates me and is why i prefer to carry a million pads and have loose spots and hockey-check instructions rather than “watch me close, dood” ** Interesting. I actually think the best close spot I've ever seen/experienced was a West Coaster in Squamish. I doubt close spotting is truly a regional thing, but wouldn't be surprised if certain crews tended to spot closer than others. Oh, and I agree that in an ideal world, tons of pad and hockey-check-to-avoid-missing-pads is my preference. I just don't usually have enough pads. **it seems like a eastern thing to spot so damn closely or with “no weight” but hands touching back, etc. also, doods do this w/ their girlfriends. in any event, it frustrates me and is why i prefer to carry a million pads and have loose spots and hockey-check instructions rather than “watch me close, dood” **

Interesting. I actually think the best close spot I’ve ever seen/experienced was a West Coaster in Squamish.

I doubt close spotting is truly a regional thing, but wouldn’t be surprised if certain crews tended to spot closer than others.

Oh, and I agree that in an ideal world, tons of pad and hockey-check-to-avoid-missing-pads is my preference. I just don’t usually have enough pads.

]]> By: PAUL http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3281 PAUL Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:26:41 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3281 no i have not... i have looked at it and have only been to farley one day total. i unfortunately only had 1 pad and was way too scared to try it. the landing is absolutely heinous! i can see why dave got that type of "spot" no i have not… i have looked at it and have only been to farley one day total. i unfortunately only had 1 pad and was way too scared to try it. the landing is absolutely heinous! i can see why dave got that type of “spot”

]]> By: Narc http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3280 Narc Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:15:18 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3280 I had a hard time sleeping last night it was bothering me so much... I had a hard time sleeping last night it was bothering me so much…

]]> By: peter http://climbingnarc.com/2008/10/reach-out-and-touch-someone/comment-page-1/#comment-3279 peter Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:44:24 +0000 http://climbingnarc.com/?p=1265#comment-3279 Dude, who cares about the nature of the spot that Dave Graham got on some v8 when he was like 18? Dude, who cares about the nature of the spot that Dave Graham got on some v8 when he was like 18?

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